Nancy Nápoles, the mayor of Tenancingo, State of Mexico, has rejected accusations from the State of Mexico Attorney General’s Office (FGJEM) linking her to an alleged staged kidnapping—a plot supposedly devised to cover up the embezzlement of municipal funds.
According to the digital edition of *Reforma*, the mayor—a member of the Morena party—described the allegations in a video as a “political plot” intended to discredit her administration and her integrity as a public servant.
Addressing reports of a 40-million-peso shortfall in the municipal treasury—funds allegedly used to purchase vehicles and an apartment—Nápoles insisted that the municipality’s finances are in order.
She also formally requested that the Superior Audit Office (OSFEM) visit the municipal government offices to verify the honest management of resources.
The mayor maintained that her administration has operated transparently and that the results of the expenditure of funds are “tangible.”
Regarding the Attorney General’s Office investigations, which rely on the testimony of a cooperating witness, she denounced irregularities in the process.
She accused the Attorney General’s Office of discriminatory treatment and of manipulating information she had originally provided, using “partisan narratives and lies.”
She questioned the credibility of the FGJEM’s witness, arguing that the individual is someone who, in exchange for a reduced sentence, “will say whatever others want them to say.”
As noted by *Reforma*, the mayor indicated that there is a political motive behind these actions intended to harm her.
She claimed to have information suggesting that subordinates operating under the direct orders of the state’s General Secretariat of Government—led by Horacio Duarte Olivares—are behind this attempt to damage her reputation.
She demanded that the Attorney General personally investigate the conduct of the specialized prosecutor’s office staff and pursue the matter to the fullest extent of the law to punish those truly responsible for the crime committed against her on May 31. “Here I am, with my head held high, and I will continue working because I have nothing to hide,” declared Nápoles, reiterating his willingness to cooperate with the authorities, provided that due process is respected.
